House
File
607
-
Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
607
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
44)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
28,
2011
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
parole
procedure
for
certain
persons
1
serving
a
class
“A”
felony
sentence,
and
including
effective
2
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
902.1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
902.1
Class
“A”
felony.
3
1.
Upon
a
plea
of
guilty,
a
verdict
of
guilty,
or
a
special
4
verdict
upon
which
a
judgment
of
conviction
of
a
class
“A”
5
felony
may
be
rendered,
the
court
shall
enter
a
judgment
of
6
conviction
and
shall
commit
the
defendant
into
the
custody
of
7
the
director
of
the
Iowa
department
of
corrections
for
the
rest
8
of
the
defendant’s
life.
Nothing
in
the
Iowa
corrections
code
9
pertaining
to
deferred
judgment,
deferred
sentence,
suspended
10
sentence,
or
reconsideration
of
sentence
applies
to
a
class
“A”
11
felony,
and
a
person
convicted
of
a
class
“A”
felony
shall
not
12
be
released
on
parole
unless
the
governor
commutes
the
sentence
13
to
a
term
of
years.
14
2.
a.
Notwithstanding
subsection
1,
a
person
convicted
of
15
a
class
“A”
felony,
and
who
was
under
the
age
of
eighteen
at
16
the
time
the
offense
was
committed
shall
be
eligible
for
parole
17
after
serving
a
minimum
term
of
confinement
between
thirty
and
18
forty-five
years.
The
court,
at
the
time
of
sentencing,
shall
19
determine
the
specific
term
of
confinement
to
be
served
between
20
thirty
and
forty-five
years
before
the
person
is
eligible
for
21
parole.
22
b.
If
a
person
is
paroled
pursuant
to
this
subsection
the
23
person
shall
be
subject
to
the
same
set
of
procedures
set
out
24
in
chapters
901B,
905,
906,
and
chapter
908,
and
rules
adopted
25
under
those
chapters
for
persons
on
parole.
26
c.
A
person
convicted
of
murder
in
the
first
degree
in
27
violation
of
section
707.2
shall
not
be
eligible
for
parole
28
pursuant
to
this
subsection.
29
d.
A
person
convicted
of
murder
in
the
second
degree
in
30
violation
of
section
707.3
and
who
was
also
convicted
of
either
31
kidnapping
in
the
first
degree
in
violation
of
section
710.2
or
32
sexual
abuse
in
the
first
degree
in
violation
of
section
709.2,
33
which
conviction
arose
out
of
the
same
set
of
facts
as
the
34
murder-in-the-second-degree
conviction,
shall
not
be
eligible
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for
parole
pursuant
to
this
subsection.
1
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
2
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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